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Kesa, Edo period (1615–1868), late 18th/early 19th century

A work made of silk, gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip- wrapped silk and silvered-metal strips, satin weave with brocading wefts and self-patterning plain interlacings of secondary binding warps and ground wefts.

Length of Woven Silk, 1735-45

Style of Jean Baptiste Pillement

A work made of ink, colors, and gold on silk.

Kasuga Deer Mandala, 15th century

Mandara Shika

Quilt made of many small, multicolored scraps of fabric arranged organically, with a thick black border.

Altered or Unfinished 'Crazy Quilt', 1883

Phyllis Rothschild

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in cross stitches.

Sampler, Early/mid–19th century

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk in closed herringbone, satin, stem, and twined double running stitches.

Cushion Cover, 18th century

A work made of silk, cut, uncut, voided velvet with additional patterning wefts in gold foil against plain weave foundation.

Fragment, c. 1600

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk floss and yarns, gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, gilt metal purl and cardboard in brick, overcast, running, satin, and split stitches; couching, padded couching and laid work; french knots, braided pom pons and seed pearls; in tortoise-shell frame.

Mirror Showing King Charles II, Queen Catherine of Braganza, and Scenes from the Old Testament, c. 1665

Painting of woman, arms crossed on brown desk, staring at goldfish.

Woman before an Aquarium, 1921–23

Henri Matisse

A work made of silk, satin weave, cut solid velvet.

Portion of a Chasuble, 1450-1500

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with linen and silk in pulled thread work in chained border, overcast, and two-sided italian cross stitches; embroidered in satin, single satin, stem, and stem filling stitches; couching; edged with silk, plain weave tape.

Part of an Antependium (Depicting The Last Supper), 1300-1310

A work made of linen, plain weave; embroidered with silk and creped silk yarns, gilt-metal purl and wire, gilt-metal-wire-wrapped silk, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in buttonhole filling, raised and couched buttonhole, plaited braid, square chain, and tent stitches; knots, knotted pile, and couching; glass beads.

Picture Depicting Adam and Eve (Needlework), 17th century

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered with silk, gilt-metal strips, spangles, and purl, and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk in couching and padded couching; lining and ribbons of silk, plain weave; d: lined with linen, plain weave.

Chasuble, Stole, Maniple, and Burse, 1775/1825

A work made of silk and gold gilt strip wound around a silk fiber core, plain weave with supplementary patterning weft extended loop fringe.

"Renaissance" Fringe, 16th century

A work made of silk; plain weave with additional patterned warps.

Panel, 1750/75

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 4:1 satin weave; embroidered with silk in satin, single satin, and stem stitches; laid work and couching, and chinese knots; painted with gold; lined with red silk (chirimen), crepe; dyed with beni, safflower.

Uchikake (Over Kimono), late Edo (1789–1868)/Meiji period (1868–1912), 19th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced broken warp chevron twill weave with supplementary pile warps forming cut solid velvet; appliquéd with linen, plain weave, silk and gilt and silvered wire, plain weave with twill interlacing of secondary binding warps and patterning wefts; silk and silvered wire, twill weave; embroidered with silk, gilt- and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk and gilt and silvered wire in overcast, satin, padded satin, split, and stem stitches; laid work, couching, and padded couching; semi-precious stones; edged with woven fringes.

Altar Frontal Depicting Scenes from the Life of Christ, Late 16th century

A work made of silk and cotton, areas of warp-float faced satin weave, plain weave, and twill weave; with weft floats on reverse face in plain weave areas.

La Promenade, 1924

Bianchini Férier

A work made of oil on silk.

Pray for These Little Ones (Perforce They Live Together), 1973–74

Ivan Albright

A work made of linen plain weave ground appliquéd with linen and silk plain weaves and silk velvet; embroidered with silk floss and creped threads, gilt- and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk threads, seed pearls and metal spangles.

Altarpiece of the Virgin and Child, 1460-1470

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